Golden Mile of Galway 2014 competition launched

Thu, May 29, 2014

The annual Golden Mile of Galway Awards has been launched, announcing details of this year’s competition.

Oughterard school to replace prefabs not ‘fit for teaching’

Thu, May 29, 2014

St Paul’s Secondary School in Oughterard, which had been forced to remove some of its students and staff from decade-old prefabs after its roof started caving in, has welcomed the news that funding to construct permanent classrooms has been approved.

Nurses urged to use their imaginations

Thu, May 29, 2014

A call has been made for nurses to be less risk averse and to use their imaginations to work more creatively.

Open your garden for Irish Red Cross

Thu, May 29, 2014

The Irish Red Cross is appealing to Galway gardening enthusiasts to take part in Open Gardens 2014.

Galway hosts photography exhibition about child labour in the Gaza Strip

Thu, May 29, 2014

By Ebhan Loughlin
An exhibition of photographs about child labour in the Gaza Strip, many taken from a child’s-eye perspective, is open to the public in Galway city this week.

Galway city’s 2014 vote - all change and no change

Thu, May 29, 2014

Galway will never have seen a city council like the one which gathers on Friday June 6 at 4pm in City Hall for its first meeting, and yet, from a certain point of view, it will be a council that is strangely familiar.

For all the drama, excitement, and cliff-hangers at last weekend’s count in the Westside Community Centre, Galway’s electorate returned four Fine Gael councillors, three Fianna Fáil, and three Independent former PDs. This is hardly the mark of a city embracing radicalism, especially when Fine Gael actually increased its representation - albeit by one councillor, Pearce Flannery, the only one of its four who was elected after exceeding the quota.

Galway city’s new council

Thu, May 29, 2014

Seven new councillors were returned to City Hall in last weekend’s local elections, including three Sinn Féin candidates, the party’s best performance in the city in living memory.

NUIG students win bursaries for heart disease study

Thu, May 29, 2014

Four NUIG students have been awarded bursaries of €1,000 each by Merck, Sharp and Dohme to assist in their studies focusing on the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Youth friendly businesses rewarded

Thu, May 29, 2014

Three Galway businesses voted the most youth friendly, An Tobar Nua, Lucks Newsagents and Deli, and Casey’s Centra, were the winners of this year’s Youth-Friendly Business Awards.

Brigit’s Garden to build renewable energy trail

Thu, May 29, 2014

Brigit’s Garden is adding a new renewable energy trail that is the first of its kind in the west of Ireland.

Moycullen hosts annual All-Ireland Gaeltacht football festival this weekend

Thu, May 29, 2014

All roads lead to Moycullen this weekend for the annual Galway football festival for clubs from Gaeltacht regions.

Young Galway woman wins life-changing trip to Thailand

Thu, May 29, 2014

Claregalway 21-years-old Rachel Maher leaves Galway this week for the trip of a life-time to Thailand.

Rachel has won an eight-week EIL Travel Award to Thailand, fully-funded by Cork-based EIL Intercultural Learning, which organises cultural and educational travel programmes worldwide.

New non-stop Galway-Killarney service

Thu, May 29, 2014

The first express coach service between Galway and Killarney begins tomorrow.

Galwegians to cycle Ireland’s western seaboard for cancer research

Thu, May 29, 2014

Thirty Galway friends and work colleagues of Donegal man Shaun Doherty, who is currently battling cancer, will this week embark on a 350 kilometre charity cycle along Ireland’s western seaboard to raise funds for Friends of St Luke’s and the Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust.

‘Glamour at the g’ fashion show set to return next month for charities

Thu, May 29, 2014

Fashionistas are set for the style event of the year when the g Hotel hosts a bonanza fashion show in aid of Console, COPE Galway and Irish Autism Action on June 12.

Children and youth groups urged to apply for funding

Thu, May 29, 2014

Children’s groups and youth organisations are being encouraged to apply to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs for a National Lottery Discretionary fund.

Rahoon man to take part in Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

Thu, May 29, 2014

A Galway City Council traffic engineer from Rahoon is set to take part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, the world’s longest ocean race.

Esker, Athenry, and Ballinasloe Solemn Novena

Thu, May 29, 2014

The Solemn Novena of Esker, Athenry, and Ballinasloe will be held from Tuesday June 3 to Wednesday June 11.

There will be daily Masses in Esker at 8am, 10am, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm, and 10pm; in Athenry at 10am; and in Ballinasloe at 7.30am, 10am, and 8pm.

COPE receives funding to progress with city refuge

Thu, May 29, 2014

COPE Galway will receive €1.16 million towards a new domestic violence refuge for Galway city.

Social Housing Rental Service should be fast-tracked, says Galway Simon

Thu, May 29, 2014

The Social Housing Rental Service should be fast-tracked and turned into a nationwide iniative, according to Galway Simon CEO Bill Griffin.

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